Question

Which helps explain the Church’s power over most people?

1 It taught that most people would enjoy the rewards of heaven after death.

2 It taught that people who disobeyed the Church were punished after death.

3 It provided financial help to people who were very poor.

4 It forced wealthy landowners to treat the serfs better.

Answer 1

2. Is the correct answer. The church was not kind, and used brutal tactics and force to forward its own interests and funds. It also promoted false teachings to scare the people in submission, such as the teaching of hellfire.

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